Are you avoiding dairy products because of health, environmental, or philosophical reasons? You don’t have to pay expensive prices for mediocre vegan ice creams.

You can make your own ice cream, sherbet, sorbet, and frozen yogurt easily at home. You don’t even need an ice cream machine, although I highly recommend getting one. The texture is hugely improved, and it’s less work on your part. You can even get a workout if you buy a hand-cranked machine!

Find recipes for old favorites, like Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream, Pumpkin Ice Cream, and Chocolate. But you will also get a whole range of more unusual flavors to try, including tropical fruit flavors like Pineapple Mint Sherbet (a tester favorite), Mango Frozen Yogurt, and Coconut Mint Lime Ice Cream.

There are also flavors from Asia, like:

Korean Pear Ice Cream

Azuki Ice Cream

Lychee Ice Cream

Banana Lassi Frozen Yogurt

Green Tea Ice Cream

And if you are even more adventurous, try some unusual ice cream flavors, from all over the world, such as:

Corn Ice Cream

Tomato Basil Ice Cream

Prune Ice Cream

Blackberry Apple Frozen Yogurt

Carrot Apple Coconut Curry Ice Cream

Most of the ice cream recipes are soy based, although some are coconut or nut based. Sherbets use any kind of milk, including nut, grain, or seed milks, such as soy, rice, oat, or hemp. Sorbets use no milks at all.

My favorite spatula for making ice cream

This spatula has a stiff, straight edge that works perfectly for cleaning out the inside of the ice cream maker canister without scratching it. You can also use it to scrape the ice cream base out of the blender and into the machine.